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Titusville man accused of possessing more than 600 images of child porn

A Titusville man was arrested on Wednesday on charges of possession of child pornography.

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Updated: 12:55 PM EDT Apr 11, 2013

Titusville man accused of possessing more than 600 images of child porn

A Titusville man was arrested on Wednesday on charges of possession of child pornography.

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Updated: 12:55 PM EDT Apr 11, 2013

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WEBVTT TRYING TO DETERMINE WHAT CAUSED THE ACCIDENT. WITH BREAKING NEWS THIS NOON FROM BREVARD COUNTY, A TITUSVILLE MAN JAILED AFTER POLICE SAY THEY FOUND VERY DISTURBING IMAGES OF CHILD PORN IN HIS HOME. DAN BILLOW IS LIVE WITH THE BREAKING DETAILS. DAN, POLICE SAY THIS MAN COULD HAVE BEEN DANGEROUS. THEY ARE SAYING THAT, JASON. THERE WAS A SHOCKING NUMBER OF IMAGES RECOVERED, MORE THAN 600 IMAGES OF CHILDREN INCLUDING INFANTS AND TODDLERS IN SEXUAL SITUATIONS, BELONGING, POLICE SAY, TO ANTHONY MISTER IN TITUSVILLE AND SOME OF THESE IMAGES, THEY SAY THEY WERE MEN HAVING SEXUAL RELATIONS WITH THESE YOUNG CHILDREN. THEY TRACED THE FLASH DRIVES THAT WERE FOUND TO MISTER WHO THEN ADMITTED TO POLICE, ACCORDING TO POLICE, THAT THEY WERE HIS, THAT HE HAS BEEN DOWNLOADING CHILD PORNOGRAPHIC IMAGES FOR AROUND 20 YEARS AND WAS ACTUALLY DOING SO AT WORK. I SPOKE BRIEFLY WITH A NEIGHBOR OF HIS WHO HAS TWO VERY YOUNG CHILDREN OF HER OWN. THEY'RE IN MY WATCH AT ALL TIMES. SO, WOW. WOW. I'M SHOCKED. HE SAID THAT HE WAS ACTUALLY OUT TROLLING FOR YOUNG KIDS. HE CLAIMS HE NEVER PICKED ANYBODY UP BUT WHEN YOU'RE OUT TROLLING, I TAKE THAT WORD FOR ITS DEFINITION. YOU'RE OUT TRYING TO PICK UP YOUNG KIDS. MR. WORKSTEAD AT AN AMOCO STATION, THAT'S WHERE THE FLASH DRIVES WERE FOUND. HE TOLD POLICE THAT HE USES HIS WORK COMPUTER TO DOWNLOAD HIS IMAGES AND TO ORGANIZE HIS FILES AND HE ACCIDENTALLY LEFT THEM THERE AT WORK. WHEN HE INTERVIEWED WITH POLICE, WHO ASKED -- WANTED TO ASK HIM OF COURSE WHAT WAS ON THE DRIVES, HE SAID THAT HE HAD ALREADY TOLD HIS BOSS THAT HE WAS GOING AWAY FOR A LONG TIME. HE ASKED HIS BOSS TO TAKE CARE OF HIS WIFE AND HIS BOSS, BY THE WAY, SAID HE'S A GREAT GUY, THAT HE THINKS THE WORLD OF HIM, AND HE'S SORRY THAT HE HAS A PROBLEM. MISTER IS BEING HELD ON $14 MILLION BAIL. A VERY HIGH AMOUNT, AND OF COURSE, IF HE IS CONVICTED, HE WOULD GO TO PRISON FOR LIFE.

Titusville man accused of possessing more than 600 images of child porn

A Titusville man was arrested on Wednesday on charges of possession of child pornography.